Before doing this activity you may need to read the text you will find at the end
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| have / We / soup / every other day |
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| I / dress / in green? / always / Can |
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| My parents / almost never / go on holiday |
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| ? / always / win / Does / Kevin |
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| usually / have lunch / Do / you / at home? |
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| in blue / dresses / She / very often |
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| listen / They / can / never |
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| I travel a lot. I / every other day. / some petrol / need |
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| to the dentist / I / go / usually / once a year |
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| often / eats / Mike / pizza / for dinner |
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| is / John / often / late |
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| How / often / go / you / to the disco? / do |
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| Something is the matter with me. I / usually / in the mornings. / very tired / am |
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| shopping / I / have to go / day in, day out |
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| five times / saw / it / I |
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| never / I / what to say / know |
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| three times a week / I / to the gym / go |
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| always / I / get up / at 8 a.m. |
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| Do / go / every day / you / ? / to the gym |
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| several times a year / breaks down / My car |
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| asking me questions / always / is / She |
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| Begin the sentence with YESTERDAY |
| phoned / me / Yesterday, / she / twice |
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| Begin the sentence with SHE |
| She / rarely / listens / when you talk to her |
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| can / You / your car keys / find / never |
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| oranges / I / hardly ever / eat |
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| They / usually / some help with the homework / need |
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| My parents / to help me / very often / come |
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| rarely / help you / will / if you need it / Tom |
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| I / go / once a month / usually / to the hairdresser's |
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| feel tired? / often / Do / you |
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FREQUENCY ADVERBS
These adverbs answer the question: How often?
Here is a list ordered from more to less frequency (percentages are approximative)
ALWAYS (100%)
FREQUENTLY (90%)
USUALLY (85%) = generally, normally
OFTEN (75%)
SOMETIMES (50%) = now and then
OCCASIONALLY (35%)
SELDOM (25%)
RARELY (10%)
HARDLY EVER (5%)
NEVER (0%)
Word order:
One-word adverbs
Before normal verbs (the rest)
- I OFTEN go to the cinema
- He RARELY watches television
After special verbs (to be, have, do, can, will, etc.)
- I am ALWAYS here
- you can NEVER speak fast o
exceptions:
- I HARDLY EVER watch football on TV
- Tim ALMOST NEVER eats pudding
Notice: Some of these can use VERY (with the same position).
- I VERY OFTEN eat potatoes
- We VERY RARELY go to the beach
Two words or more
At the end of the sentence
- I go to the cinema TWICE A MONTH
- He works in the mornings EVERY OTHER DAY (= every two days)
- He watches football DAY IN, DAY OUT (= every day, every single day)
- We go hiking SEVERAL TIMES A YEAR (= a few times every year)
How many times?
Once = x1
Twice = x2
Three times = x3
Four times, etc. = x4
These frequency phrases usually go at the end:
- You have to ring the bell twice
- I go to the cinema once a month
- Tim goes to school three times a week
